Comcast-Level 3 Net Neutrality Feud Heats Up

Net neutrality is most generally considered a fight over how retail Internet service providers manage traffic on their networks, and is viewed from the perspective of the end subscriber. But on the backend, service providers are routinely negotiating terms of sharing traffic among their networks, and one of those disputes has turned ugly.

The public sparring between Comcast and Level 3 Communications continued on Tuesday, as the Internet backbone provider renewed allegations that the cable giant is jacking up the fees it charges to relay video content that competes with its own Xfinity service, escalating a corporate spat that has opened a new front in the war over net neutrality.

On Monday, Comcast Senior Vice President Joe Waz countered Level 3's initial accusation, saying the company "inaccurately portrayed the commercial negotiations between it and Comcast."